A Man Turned This Old Boeing 727 Into His Dream Home

Talk about a mobile home. Bruce Campbell of Oregon purchased an
old Boeing 727-200 plane more than 10 years
ago for $100,000 -- and has since spent $100,000 more converting
it into a house.

Campbell, a building services and environmental engineer, has
been documenting the progress on his website, AirplaneHome.com.

So far, he's gotten one of the bathrooms up and running, has
built a shower in the middle of the cabin and has gotten the
electricity to work. He's also removed some seats and added his
own furniture to make the space more homey.

But why live in an airplane? Campbell explains on his website that
he loves the design of airplanes and thinks they are far superior
to wood houses. Wood is "termite and microbe chow" and is
"secured with low tech fasteners using low tech techniques," he
says. Airplanes, on the other hand, are "well designed, high
tech, aerospace quality sealed pressure canisters that can
withstand 575 mph winds ... could last for centuries (with
effective corrosion control), are highly fire resistant, and
provide superior security."

Campbell is making use of the whole plane, describing the wings
as"wonderful decks" and calling the cockpit his "favorite
playroom" that has "a certain magic."

But Campbell isn't the only person converting airplanes into
houses. In
Malibu, a house made out of a deconstructed 747 jet
was completed in mid-2011. The Wing House, designed by David
Hertz, was constructed using the wings, fuselage, first class
deck and cockpit windows. See Curbed LA for more pictures.